Speed SFX

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Speed SFX
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Compilation album by
various artists
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2003 [1]
Genre Electronic (Happy hardcore) [2]
Length45:00 [1]
Label EMI Music Japan [1]

Speed SFX is a compilation album of Dancemania's Speed series, released by EMI Music Japan in the late 2003. [1]

As a special edition in the Speed G series, the album features uptempo remixes of popular theme songs for various films, mainly those of science fiction. [3]

Different remixes of the album's several tracks can also be found on other Dancemania albums such as X2, X9, Speed 2, Speed 3, Speed 5, Speed Best 2001 , Speed G2, 80's Two, Zip Mania III, Best Red or Diamond. [4]

Tracks

#TrackByRef
1 Star Wars Main Title MC F 40 [2]
2The TerminatorDJ Terminator [2]
3Theme From E.T.Extra Terror Sound [2]
4PrologueNimbus Quartet 2003 [2]
5Rhythm & Police (K.O.G G3 Mix) CJ Crew feat. Christian D. [2]
6007 CJ Crew [2]
7 Feel Good Time Nancy And The Boys [2]
8 Men In Black Nancy And The Boys [2]
9 Ghostbusters Umi Ghoulies [2]
10 The Power Of Love Frog 'A Billy [2]
11 Unchained Melody Manuel [2]
12 May It Be Maria Short [2]
13 I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing (Planet Lution Mix)Deja Vu feat. Tasmin [2]
14 My Heart Will Go On (KCP Remix)Deja Vu feat. Tasmin [2]
15 Never Ending Story DJ Speedo feat. DJ AC-DC [2]
16The Raiders MarchSpeedmaster [2]
17Main TitleSpeedogang [2]
18Theme From JawsMazerati [2]
19 Also Sprach Zarathustra Speedorchestra [2]
20Mission: Impossible ThemeDJ Speedo [2]

Further details

The album's overall average tempo is 179 bpm; [4]

The lowest bpm is 175; #5–16 [4]
The highest bpm is 195; #20 [4]

The non-stop mixing was done by KCP, [2] a frequently appearing DJ team in the Speed series. [5] Like CJ Crew, two Italian producers, Luigi Stanga and Mauro Farina, were involved with the album under many different names or as members of many different teams; [2]

Luigi Stanga - Extra Terror Sound, Nimbus Quartet 2003 [6]
Mauro Farina - MC F 40, DJ Terminator, DJ Speedo, Speedmaster, Speedogang, Mazerati, Speedorchestra [7]

The album appeared on Oricon's some charts five times, and reached #127. [8]

#TrackFilmBPMRef
1Star Wars Main Title Star Wars 180 [4] [9]
2The Terminator The Terminator 185 [4] [9]
3Theme From E.T. E.T. 180 [4] [9]
4Prologue Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 180 [4] [9]
5Rhythm & Police (K.O.G G3 Mix) Bayside Shakedown 175 [4] [9]
6007 007 175 [4] [9]
7Feel Good Time Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 175 [4] [9]
8Men In Black Men in Black 175 [4] [9]
9Ghostbusters Ghostbusters 175 [4] [9]
10The Power Of Love Back to the Future 175 [4] [9]
11Unchained Melody Ghost 175 [4] [9]
12May It Be The Lord of the Rings 175 [4] [9]
13I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing (Planet Lution Mix) Armageddon 175 [4] [9]
14My Heart Will Go On (KCP Remix) Titanic 175 [4] [9]
15Never Ending Story The NeverEnding Story 175 [4] [9]
16The Raiders March Raiders of the Lost Ark 175 [4] [9]
17Main Title The Matrix Reloaded 181 [4] [9]
18Theme From Jaws Jaws 184 [4] [9]
19Also Sprach Zarathustra 2001: A Space Odyssey 186 [4] [9]
20Mission: Impossible Theme Mission: Impossible 195 [4] [9]

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